On November 25, 2015, the San Diego Padres signed free-agent third baseman Ryan Schimpf to a minor-league contract. It was — and likely will remain — a small footnote in the annals of baseball transactions, but Schimpf initially had a different idea.

Stashed away at Triple-A El Paso for the spring of 2016, where he hit 15 home runs in 51 games, Schimpf was unleashed on the National League in the middle of June two years ago. After some scuffles in that first month, Schimpf hit .227/.345/.551 in the second half. His 136 second-half wRC+ ranked 28th in all of baseball that year, just behind David Ortiz and just ahead of Josh Donaldson. Good company.

If it’s not clear from the above slash line, Schimpf has a weird style. A three true outcomes hero, he walked, struck out or homered in 50.6 percent of his plate appearances in 2016, a number that bettered Adam Dunn’s career mark. Schimpf was also a fly ball connoisseur.